Wednesday, 7 April 2010

Prayers

May God bless you with discomfort…at easy answers, hard hearts.half-truths and superficial relationships.May God bless you so that you may livefrom deep within your heart where God’s Spirit dwells.

May God bless you with anger…at injustice, oppression and exploitation of people.May God bless you so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.

May God bless you with enough foolishness to believethat you can make a difference in this world and in your community,so that you may courageously try what you don’t think you can do,but in Jesus Christ you’ll have the strength necessary to do.

May God bless you that you remember we are calledto continue God’s redemptive work of love and healing in God’s place,in and through God’s name, in God’s Spirit, continually creating and breathingnew life and grace into everything and everyone we touch.

Reminds of a prayer by Brennan Manning from "the Ragamuffin Gospel"

"May all your expectations be frustrated,May all your plans be thwarted,May all your desires be withered into nothingnessthat you may experience the powerlessnessand poverty of a childand sing,and dancein the compassion of God who isFather, Son & Spirit.